This new work is now at the M2 Gallery in Houston for the Degrees show.  We had an outstanding representation of work from Texas WAX members.  Max intended us only to have the main gallery, but had to open up the back space as well for the work.  I went to Houston for the show, but wasn't able to make the reception.  I ended up in the emergency room of MD Anderson while all my encaustic friends sipped wine and feasted at the delicious food table.  I did enjoy the images from the reception, now on the Texas WAX site, and I was able to preview the show earlier in the day.   The breadth and scope of the encaustic work is truly remarkable.  I am looking forward to bringing it all to San  Antonio.

I am still fascinated by this exciting medium, encaustics, and continually find new ways to work with it.  Although right now, my own work is minimal in color, I am enjoying colored pigment in my demonstrations for encaustic classes. Speaking of classes...I am having a ball!  Now that I have my teaching muscles back in gear, I love having new artists discover encaustics.  What is so addicting about wax?  The smell...the versitility...the texture...the translucency?   Perhaps all of it.  Perhaps because I have searched so long for a media that complements my cast paper.  Whatever it is, it has captivated me!